Alliance Steel Kuantan plant

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Alliance Steel Kuantan plant, also known as ASSB plant, MCKIP plant, Kawasan Industri Malaysia-China Kuantan plant, is a steel plant in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia that operates steelmaking, basic oxygen furnace (BOF), and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Kawasan Industri Malaysia-China Kuantan (MCKIP), Jalan Gebeng By Pass, 26080 Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 4.007595, 103.344458 (exact)

Background

Alliance Steel was established in April 2014.[1] The plant was build with a total investment of 1.4 billion USD jointly developed by Malaysian and Chinese partnership.[2] On 31 March 2022, Alliance Steel signed an MoU with Pahang government for the expansion of the plant from 3.5 mtpa to 10 mtpa with an investment of 1.8 billion USD.[3][4] The expansion project is expected to be completed in 2026[5].

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Construction date Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source Coal source
2013-02[6] 2014-12[6] 2017[6] 3500[7] unknown Imported from Brazil and Australia[8] unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Partial Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co Ltd [50.0%]; Guangxi Shenglong Metallurgical Co Ltd [50.0%] 5000910985 [50.0%]; 5000577864 [50.0%] E100000127970 [50.0%]; E100000123226 [50.0%] Alliance Steel (M) Sdn Bhd [100%][9] 5071171452 E100000131062 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
finished rolled[10] wire rod, h-beam, bar[10] building and infrastructure[11] unknown unknown BF; BOF; Steel other/unspecified

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Other/unspecified steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced – 6500[12][13][14] 6500[12][13][14]
operating 3500[11][9][15] – 3500[11][9][15]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced 6500[12][13][14] 6500[12][13][14]
operating 3500[9] 3500[9]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke Pellets
>0[10] 1100[10] 720[16][10]

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF production Other/unknown steel production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology
BF 1 operating[17][9] – 2016-11[18] 2018[19][18][6] CISDI CISDI-design blast furnace[20][20] 1080.0[17] 1750[9] unknown
BF 2 operating[17][9] – 2016-11[18] 2018[19][17] CISDI CISDI-design blast furnace[20][20] 1080.0[17] 1750[9] unknown
unknown BF (1) announced[14] 2023[21] –[22] –[21] – – 6500[13][14][12] –

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown BOF (1) operating[23][9] 3500[15][11][9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Grandway Advised Alliance Steel (M) Sdn Bhd on RMB Multi-Billion Cross-Border Syndicated Loan Financing". www.grandwaylaw.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  2. ↑ "Company Profile". alliancesteel.com.my. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  3. ↑ T.N.Alagesh (2022-03-31). "Alliance Steel strengthens presence with RM5bil investment for factory expansion [NSTTV] | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  4. ↑ "Alliance Steel continues to expand amid downturn". www.kallanish.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  5. ↑ "Alliance Steel targets another 6.5mty capacity in 2026 | SEAISI". www.seaisi.org. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220127101444/http://alliancesteel.com.my/articleList_10_1.html?lang. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120195501/http://alliancesteel.com.my/article_31.html?lang. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://heartofasia.af/bri-fuels-infrastructure-build-up-propelling-trans-border-shipmentat-malaysias-kuantan/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 "Company Profile". alliancesteel.com.my. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220351/http://alliancesteel.com.my/articleList_4_1.html?lang. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240906185733/https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/group-build-steel-making-complex-samalaju. Archived from the original on 2024-09-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 https://www.seaisi.org/details/21908?type=news-rooms. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 "投资超100亿！福建吴钢集团联手盛隆冶金在马来西亚打造1000万吨钢铁基地-兰格钢铁网". info.lgmi.com. Archived from the original on 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240912170614/https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/alliance-steel-continues-to-expand-amid-downturn-1122/. Archived from the original on 2024-09-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240110013518/https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1296754.shtml. Archived from the original on 2024-01-10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ https://www.cqlw.com/site/newsDetails.action?id=498181c7647e7215016482c7a6b35a8e&c1=1&c2=&s=&tag=&t_order=&order=&c=. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220207221054/http://alliancesteel.com.my/article_34.html?lang. Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/malaysias-alliance-steel-commissions-no2-coke-oven-0518/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 http://alliancesteel.com.my/articleList_10_1.html?lang=en;05/Alliance-Steel-ignites-its-first-blast-furnace-.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211128092238/https://www.cisdi.co.uk/Newsletter/2019/2019_08_CISDI_Newsletter.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 https://www.seaisi.org/details/23957?type=news-rooms. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ↑ https://www.cqlw.com/site/newsDetailsPrice.action?id=498181c7912bb17401918db3895f00d9. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240130193549/http://alliancesteel.com.my/article_34.html. Archived from the original on 2024-01-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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